The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 31, 2126
Waxing Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
2:50 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2516
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 56.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -3.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.31° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.96° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.